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Lexis®PSL Corporate weekly highlights—13 April 2017

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Published on: 13 April 2017

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Welcome to the weekly highlights from the Lexis®PSL Corporate team for the week ending 13 April 2017, which provide news updates, a comprehensive list of dates for your diary as well as information about new content and Market Tracker. This week’s edition features news of: the coming into force of new rules on gender pay gap reporting, the publication of the PIRC UK Shareowner Voting Guidelines 2017; a recent poll on stakeholder engagement; updated ICAEW and ICAS guidance on realised and distributable profits; Companies House’s updated guidance on filing accounts; a proposed public beneficial ownership register for overseas entities holding UK property; the impact of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016; and ESMA’s updated Q&As on AIFMD and UCITS. There is also analysis of the Supreme Court case, Wood v Capital Insurance Services, concerning contractual interpretation. This week we have published a new Precedent, a new Checklist, eight new Q&As, as well as significantly updated ten Practice Notes.

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